UNITED STATES v. FREIGHT ASSOCIATION

No. 67.

166 U.S. 290 (1897)

UNITED STATES v. TRANS-MISSOURI FREIGHT ASSOCIATION.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 22, 1897.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W.F. Guthrie filed a brief on behalf of the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company in support of the motion.

Mr. Attorney General and Mr. Assistant Attorney General Whitney for the United States filed a brief opposing the motion.

Mr. Attorney General for the United States, appellants.

Mr. John F. Dillon for the Freight Association, appellees. Mr. A.L. Williams, Mr. Harry Hubbard and Mr. John M. Dillon were on his brief.

Mr. James C. Carter for the Freight Association, appellees.

Mr. E.J. Phelps for the Freight Association and the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, appellees.

Mr. Attorney General concluded for appellants.

Mr. W.F. Guthrie filed a brief on behalf of the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company.

Mr. Lloyd W. Bowers filed a brief for the Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad Company and the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad Company.


MR. JUSTICE PECKHAM, after stating the facts, delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendants object to the hearing of this appeal, and ask that it be dismissed on the ground that the Trans-Missouri Freight Association has been dissolved by a vote of its members since the judgment entered in this suit in the court below. A further ground urged for the dismissal of the appeal is that the requisite amount (over one thousand...

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